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title: זֵרוּעַ — sowing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵרוּעַ (2221), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sowing. BDB 1906: sowing, thing sown. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵרוּעַ

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«זֵרוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sowing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2221 · **BDB:** זֵרוּעַ

### Glosses

of.sowing (1); sown.in.it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sowing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2221/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sowing, thing sown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2221/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sowing, thing sown (intensive format. according to Ol§ 186 b Sta§ 228, yet on this and foll. cf. BaNB 42, 178 Anm. 4)—זֶרַע ז׳ Lv 11:37 (P), כְּגַנָּה זֵֽרוּעֶיהָ תַצְמִיחַ Is 61:11 in sim. of Yahweh’s causing righteousness to spring up.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵרוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2221/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.37/)

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וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־כָּל־זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and (dm) it.will.fall any of their.carcass on every seed of.sowing which it.will.be.sown \[is\].pure it

*JPS 1917:* And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

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[Isaiah 61:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.11/)

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כִּ֤י כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תּוֹצִ֣יא צִמְחָ֔הּ וּכְגַנָּ֖ה זֵרוּעֶ֣יהָ תַצְמִ֑יחַ כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה יַצְמִ֤יחַ צְדָקָה֙ וּתְהִלָּ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) like the ground \[which\].it.brings.forth growth its and like a.garden sown.in.it \[which\].things it.makes.grow so Lord \[the\] Yahweh he.will.make.grow righteousness and praise before all the nations

*JPS 1917:* For as the earth bringeth forth her growth, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause victory and glory to spring forth before all the nations.

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